Hey there Saber Friends, please check out this custom Cargill Starkiller I put together for my friend Tim.Tim was in such a hurry to get the saber when finished, I don't think I got any finished shots of it, other than the Youtube video which is below. Enjoy the build progress shots...this one was very complicated for me to accomplish due to the fact that I addedmany accent Neopixel strips throughout, and only found out from Erv on the fourth wiring attempt that more resistors were needed to keep those stable... I had toiled for weeks and weeks and could not get it to work right up to that point.Here is the saber in pieces:

Here's an example of the strip in the control box. In the end, this was not the segment used,as I re-wired this saber many times and this was scrapped a couple different times... in the end the strip was done a little differently, but you get the idea:

The emitter needed special attention. The way a Starkiller hilt is... basically like a graflex with a windowed opening there... light needs to shine out. That is difficult with a string blade because on a string or strip blade, the LEDs do not begin right at the base like a standard 'flashlight' style LED saber. Modifications needed to be made because I began this work before the new Alex Gordon TCSS neopixel plugs became available, so I had to figure out a solution with my own coinnector plug, to make this build look right:

Creating a transparent surround using one inch blade stock, I then inserted a metal ring to hold the female side of the DIN plug, its washer and nut.

Cargill_SK09 by Anthony LaGaipa, on FlickrThere are two 5mm white LEDs that rest below that emitter part, to illuminate the transparent ring when the saber is turned on. In addition to the white 5mm LEDs in there, I also have Neopixel LEDs that mirror the blade and blade effects. Essentially, there is a working 'internal blade plug' that lights up even without a blade inserted. When a blade is inserted, the blade plastic meets this emitter ring perfectly, and the light blends together to look like light is emitted in the same way a standard LED saber does it. This is how I solved the problem of this windowed emitter.